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Lightborne Oscar® Winner	What are some of your appropriate score choices for those holiday nights like Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve? I always end up pulling out LEGENDS OF THE FALL (it sort of lends itself to the family idea quite nicely). Lee Holdridge and Don Davis's score to BEAUTY AND THE BEAST:OF LOVE AND HOPE is also a favorite.
posted 11-22-2001 07:54 PM PT (US)

Vladimir Oscar® Winner	Legends of the Fall? How does it relate to the holiday season? I am just curious because i do not own the score. I am always looking for festive music. Please explain. matt
posted 11-22-2001 08:16 PM PT (US)

Lightborne Oscar® Winner	This score is a must have. Pick it up. As I indicated in my post prior, this score goes with its visuals hand in hand. The movie is about family, the essence of the family unit, the departures, the returns, the love a family shares, the losses they endure, the changings of the seasons that compose the years that pass in our lives. Basically, this score (for me) represents what the holidays are really about, but have lost in all that festiveness and glitz we envelope them in... The lush, quiet, romantic enjoyment of that idea of the family. Hope that answers your question. Sorry, if it doesn't. It's hard for me to express the emotions I have for this movie and its music. I hold it very dear. [Message edited by Lightborne on 11-22-2001]
posted 11-22-2001 08:35 PM PT (US)

scoreguy16 Oscar® Winner	This post freaks me out man! I was gonna post the exact same thing! My choices are Edward Scissorhands, The Family Man, While You Were Sleeping and Casper. Clayton
posted 11-22-2001 09:45 PM PT (US)

Jeron Oscar® Winner	John Williams' score from Stepmom. Awesome stuff.
posted 11-22-2001 11:59 PM PT (US)

Richard Oscar® Winner	Come Christmas I'll be listening to I don't know what. I don't care for Christmas. I should get a copy of The Grinch.
posted 11-23-2001 02:56 AM PT (US)

André Lux Oscar® Winner	What about AVE SATANI, by that composer... what's his name again...? Ah, Joe Renzeti!
posted 11-23-2001 04:41 AM PT (US)

Kimiakane Oscar® Winner	Disney albums. Lots and lots of Disney albums. I'm a sick woman.
posted 11-23-2001 05:19 AM PT (US)

jonathan_little Oscar® Winner	I like the Home Alone scores, myself. Others find them annoying for one reason or another.
posted 11-23-2001 07:18 PM PT (US)

Lightborne Oscar® Winner	I must say I'm a sucker for both of the HOME ALONE scores and Alan Menken's and Tim Rice's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. They are ideal for Chistmas, I think. Still need to experience STEPMOM... Funny though, today at Circuit City's $10 CD Sale, I picked up JAWS:The Collector's Edition and THE OMEN: Deluxe Edition. Not exactly appropriate for the day after Thanksgiving. I guess these would have been best reserved for Halloween. Oh well, you gotta pick them up when you can get them! I'm thankful for great talent like Goldsmith and Williams and these classic scores. There, I've officially made it appropriatefor this past holiday!!!
posted 11-23-2001 08:04 PM PT (US)

Stefan Oscar® Nominee	My favorite Christmas album is "Santa Clause The Movie" by Henry Mancini. I almost get religious when listening to it, it's great! Also I enjoy "All I Want For Christmas" by Bruce Broughton. Hmm, "Young Sherlock Holmes" also does it for me, probably because I used to watch the movie the night before Christmas every year. Still, there is nothing like listening to David Foster doing "Carol of the Bells". np: Home Alone 2
posted 11-24-2001 03:08 AM PT (US)

Jeron Oscar® Winner	quote: Originally posted by Stefan: My favorite Christmas album is "Santa Clause The Movie" by Henry Mancini. I almost get religious when listening to it, it's great! Stefan, is that a CD or LP? [Message edited by Jeron on 11-24-2001]
posted 11-24-2001 10:33 AM PT (US)

Dalboz Oscar® Winner	quote: Originally posted by scoreguy16: My choices are Edward Scissorhands, The Family Man, While You Were Sleeping and Casper. Exactly what I was thinking! Weird . . . I'm also stuck on The Nightmare Before Christmas and the first two Home Alone scores. [Message edited by Dalboz on 11-25-2001]
posted 11-25-2001 01:25 AM PT (US)

Stefan Oscar® Nominee	Jeron, it's the LP. Wish somebody would release it on CD though.
posted 11-25-2001 07:05 AM PT (US)

John Zimmer Oscar® Winner	Alan Silvestri's score to Mouse Hunt is a definete holiday (or any day) goody. It's got some zanny music in there but it's one of my personel fav's of Silvestri's. Harry Potter's also got some great christmas music on it. Along with Hook. Np: Mouse Hunt (Alan Silvestri) -Expanded ***/*** Jz
posted 11-25-2001 07:27 AM PT (US)

Peter Criss Oscar® Winner	Home Alone, Dad, Little Women and now Harry POtter... Catman
posted 11-25-2001 01:22 PM PT (US)

John Zimmer Oscar® Winner	How about Horny's Grinch? Np: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer...uh...phillosopher...er to heck with it! Jz
posted 11-25-2001 03:21 PM PT (US)

Jennie Oscar® Winner	I'd have to agree with Kimiakane. Disney is always a great listen. Harry Potter is good too... Jennie
posted 11-25-2001 05:46 PM PT (US)

Lightborne Oscar® Winner	Had to add this one. I was listening to it today and for some reason it seems very appropriate in mood and family theme for the holidays, like LEGENDS OF THE FALL...It's Mychael Danna's RIDE WITH THE DEVIL. A great, mostly quiet score.
posted 11-25-2001 08:54 PM PT (US)

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